Listening to Nuance: Fool by Numbers (NUAN)

Listening to Nuance: Fool by Numbers

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February 6, 2007 | Comments (0)

On Feb. 5, Nuance Communications (Nasdaq: NUAN ) , which makes an embedded speech application, released first-quarter earnings for the period ended Dec. 31.

Revenues rose by more than 75% due to growth across all the major segments and acquisitions made last year.
Although the company did not include a cash flow statement in the release, it did note that cash from operations for the quarter was about $26 million, compared with $27 million in last year's quarter.
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(Figures in millions, except per-share data)

Income Statement Highlights

	Q1 2007	Q1 2006	Change
Sales	$132.4	$75.6	75.2%
Net Profit	($1.4)	($4.9)	N/A
EPS	($0.01)	($0.03)	N/A
Diluted Shares	169.5	156.4	8.4%

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Margin Checkup

	Q1 2007	Q1 2006	Change*
Gross Margin	69.5%	73.4%	(3.9)
Operating Margin	8.1%	(2.3%)	10.4
Net Margin	(1.1%)	(6.5%)	5.4

*Expressed in percentage points

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Balance Sheet Highlights

Assets	Q1 2007	Q1 2006	Change
Cash + ST Invest.	$129.7	$71.2	82.2%
Accounts Rec.	$137.6	$77.2	78.3%
Inventory	$8.3	$0.3	n/m

Liabilities	Q1 2007	Q1 2006	Change
Accounts Payable*	$90.8	$59.7	52.1%
Long-Term Debt	$349.1	$0.0	n/m

*Includes accrued expenses

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Cash Flow Highlights

There wasn't any data.

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